Hockey fans will be able to tune into XM next week for every game of the Stanley Cup Final, with three different broadcasts for each game. Choose from the home team broadcast, the visiting team broadcast, or NHL Radio for each game - all starting with Game 1 on Monday, May 28th at 8pm ET.

XM will carry the NHL Radio feed on XM channel 204, the home feed on XM channel 205, and the visiting feed on XM channel 206. Check out the full schedule here.

The Ottawa Senators will take on the Anaheim Ducks for the Cup. Anaheim will host Games 1, 2 and, if necessary, Games 5 and 7. The Senators will host Games 3, 4 and, if necessary, Game 6.

XM is set to become the "official satellite radio network" of the NHL starting with the 2007-2008 season.

(The picture above shows the XM Canada studios in downtown Toronto which recently played host to the Stanley Cup. Home Ice co-hosts Jim Tatti (left) and Gary Green (right) chit-chat around a somewhat creepy standee of Mark Messier in the background.)

The CRTC has denied requests from Sirius Canada and XM Canada to change the payment conditions for Canadian talent development.

The companies had asked that the timing of the payments be changed from "during each broadcast year" to "by the end of each broadcast year," and that the payments be calculated as 5% of the cumulative gross revenues from broadcasting activities instead of from the entire satellite radio operation. They also wanted overpayments in any year to be credited to the overall obligations for the entire term.

The CRTC said that the 5% is a minimum contribution and under the new changes would become a maximum contribution. They also noted that changing the calculation to include only broadcasting-related revenues would reduce the money being dedicated to talent development.

And so... they declined the changes. 

[AllAccess]